Glynn County News

County 'committed' to property 11/25/2009 By NEVIN BATIWALLA The Brunswick News Jail or no jail, Glynn County Commissioner Howard Lynn says the county is set on acquiring the Brunswick property currently tangled in an eminent domain dispute.

Police out in force this week 11/24/2009 By HANK ROWLAND The Brunswick News Drive faster than the posted speed limit and you just might see Andy Sinquefield or one of his colleagues up close and in person.

Everyone who owns a remote control has heard of the TV show "Law & Order." There are more versions of "Law & Order" than flavors at Baskin Robbins.

Former Glynn County Superintendent Michael Bull was identified Friday as one of the four people involved in changing fifth-graders' tests last year in an effort for Burroughs-Molette Elementary School to meet federally mandated student performance standards.

William Russell Killian, a former Georgia House member and retired judge, will be laid to rest at 11 a.m. Saturday in a graveside service at Palmetto Cemetery in Brunswick.

The supply of swine flu doses is high enough in Glynn County that health officials will begin vaccinating younger students in several schools this week.

The Georgia Professional Standards Commission has voted to issue a yearlong ban to four Glynn County educators involved in a statewide test cheating scandal.

A cheating scandal in a Glynn County School is hitting teachers and administrators who allegedly changed the answers on a standardized test.

Evidence of cheating on the Georgia competency exams landed four Glynn County educators facing punishment, accused of cheating to make their school's grade higher.

Six more Georgia educators, including two from Fulton County, will find out Thursday what sanctions they may face in the wake of a statewide test cheating scandal.

A Glynn County jury has ruled that a teenage inmate died of natural causes in jail in May.

The Georgia Professional Standards Committee recommended suspension for 4 educators accused of changing students standardized test scores.

A Brunswick man remains jailed on murder and firearm charges this morning as Glynn County police continue investigating a fatal shooting Sunday afternoon.

The Glynn County Police Department said Sunday they've arrested a man for murder after a shooting in Brunswick.

Third-graders last year at St. Simons Elementary School knew by spring why they didn't want to drop candy wrappers or popsicle sticks on any beach close to sea turtle nesting sites.

Officials in Glynn County, Georgia say they have arrested a suspect in a shooting death.

County deal will be aired in public 11/7/2009 By NEVIN BATIWALLA The Brunswick News A private meeting two Glynn County commissioners wanted with an insurance broker trying to keep a lucrative contract that county administrators say is unnecessary will be public because other commissioners plan to be there to see what is going on.

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At this time of year, people talk about ghosts in old buildings. Soon, a historic island structure could be replaced by a ghost of itself.

Swine flu shots will be coming to a public school near you - but it might be a while.